Fitzgerald nearly became an Eagle in 2008

As the Eagles and Cardinals prepare to renew acquaintances in Arizona on Sunday, one of the best receivers in the NFL was destined to be there, playing for one team or the other.

Larry Fitzgerald tells Geoff Mosher of CSNPhilly.com that the Eagles nearly traded for the wideout in 2008. According to Fitzgerald, the Eagles offered a first-round pick and a third-round pick for Fitzgerald in 2008, when the back end of Fitzgerald’s rookie deal had the team over a barrel with a gigantic cap number. Eventually, Fitzgerald signed a four-year, $40 million contract.

It’s no surprise that the Eagles made a run at Fitzgerald. That same offseason, they tried to sign receiver Randy Moss, reportedly offering him more than the three-year, $27 million package he signed to stay with the Patriots.

If Fitzgerald had gone to Philly, it would have reshaped the team, dramatically. Jeremy Maclin and/or DeSean Jackson likely wouldn’t have been drafted, and other players would have been not drafted or signed in free agency.

One similarity is that Fitzgerald would have been on the same team with quarterback Kevin Kolb, who was taken by the Eagles in the second round of the 2007 draft.

I honestly do not see the eagles winning a superbowl within the next few decades. You ungrateful eagles fans will look back on mcnabb’s career with a nostalgic euphoria and a twinkle in you’re eyes and say “ooh those were the days..”.

When this went down I was so incredibly disappointed the deal fell through, I wanted Larry Fitzgerald in midnight green so bad. It all worked out in the end, but I’d still trade DJax and Maclin for Larry Fitzgerald, even though I think Maclin is the most underrated WR in the NFL. Maybe, hopefully, on Sunday, we can show Larry he made a mistake resigning with ARI.

And yea cause mcnabb had no one to throw too that was his problem. It’s weird but the receivers he had in Washington are still in the league as are most of the Vikings WR’s and he isn’t. Once his legs and his ability to avoid rushers left him it was over.

I can just imagine how badly the Cards would have wasted those additional picks. Probably on at least one more RB with a bad case of fumble-itis. They can never have enough of those. Or used them to trade up for the next year to get Tebow.